title: Progressive necrosis of the conus medullaris: magnetic resonance imaging and surgical findings.
abstract: A 67-year-old man with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus progressively developed, over a 2-year period, lower extremity sensory and motor defects associated with impaired bladder function and perineal and perianal sensation related to a disease of the conus medullaris extending from T12 to S5. The magnetic resonance imaging scan suggested myelomalacia and the diagnosis of progressive necrotic myelopathy was confirmed by surgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: Département des Sciences Neurologiques, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Bretonneau, Tours, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Toffol
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cotty
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gaymard
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Velut
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery